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[quote author=Chupacabra link=topic=17356.msg200167#msg200167 date=1505145846]
My biggest concern is a lack of guys who play like their hair is on fire. Remember when Ben Gardner, Josh Mauro, Chase Thomas, and Trent Murphy were all on the edge?

Those teams also included Henry Anderson and David Parry on the D line.  None of those guys was more than a 3 star recruit.  Yet they all achieved great things at Stanford and went on the NFL.  Recruiting rankings do not necessarily predict success across the front 7 as we have seen time and again.  This week is a gut check for the team.  We'll see how they respond on Saturday.
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That's the thing I'm wondering about here, how did we have such sustained success with unheralded recruits and then suddenly... none of them are panning out, and we're even having trouble getting some of the 4* types on the field. Is it just bad luck? I guess no one on the outside can really know.

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[quote author=Chupacabra link=topic=17356.msg200167#msg200167 date=1505145846]
My biggest concern is a lack of guys who play like their hair is on fire. Remember when Ben Gardner, Josh Mauro, Chase Thomas, and Trent Murphy were all on the edge?

Those teams also included Henry Anderson and David Parry on the D line.  None of those guys was more than a 3 star recruit.  Yet they all achieved great things at Stanford and went on the NFL.  Recruiting rankings do not necessarily predict success across the front 7 as we have seen time and again.  This week is a gut check for the team.  We'll see how they respond on Saturday.
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That's the thing I'm wondering about here, how did we have such sustained success with unheralded recruits and then suddenly... none of them are panning out, and we're even having trouble getting some of the 4* types on the field. Is it just bad luck? I guess no one on the outside can really know.